Many dead as trailer rams into vehicles in Ibadan

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The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has confirmed 16 people dead and 17 injured in an early morning multiple road mishap at the Agbowo end of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Tuesday.

The FRSC reports stated 35 persons were involved in the ghastly accident, out of which 16 died on the spot, while the injured ones are recuperating at Amdalat Hospital, Agbowo, in Ibadan North local government area.

The accident which occurred in the Agbowo/Ajao area involved a truck loaded with roofing sheets with registration number AKM 548 ZY, an 18-seater passenger Hummer bus, MUB 20LG, Micra taxi, BDJ 520YC, and a Honda CR-V SUV, KRD 707 ER.

An eyewitness account stated that the roofing sheet-loaded trucks rammed into the four other affected vehicles.

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